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Carly Pearce ‘Owns’ A ‘Difficult Year’ In New EP ’29’

Carly Pearce will turn 31 in April, but it was her 29th year of life, when she lost her dear friend and producer, busbee, to brain cancer. It was also…

Carly Pearce 'Owns' A 'Difficult Year' In New EP '29'
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Carly Pearce will turn 31 in April, but it was her 29th year of life, when she lost her dear friend and producer, busbee, to brain cancer. It was also the year when she got married and also made the decision to get a divorce. Those experiences inspired her new collection of music, aptly titled 29.

Yesterday Carly told us, "I think it’s kind of that point in your life where you have a lot of life experience and have been through things, but also, you’re still young and have wonder about the world."

She also discussed the title track. "This song for me, was me just owning a year that was difficult and embarrassing for me in some ways, just like we all have embarrassing moments in life, and trying to take it for what it is, just a moment that strength will come from and wisdom will come from and good will come from, and being happy with that.”

Pearce just released a new song from the project called "Should've Known Better."

Carly's 29 will be out on Friday (2/19).

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.